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Author's Purpose Unit 
Author's Purpose Unit
RL/RI.6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that POV or purpose.
Rubric Code: RX92X98
By MsWall0216
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Subject: English  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Exceeds

4 pts

Meets

3 pts

Approaching

2 pts

Developing

1 pts

AUDIENCE

"Who is author writing to and how do you know?"
Exceeds

Thoroughly identifies audiences, with precisely written evidence from the text to support claim
Meets

Correctly identifies the main audience, with clear evidence from text to support claim
Approaching

Correctly identifies audience, but does not provide clear evidence to support
Developing

Does not identify an audience correctly, and/or does not provide evidence
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

"WHY did the author write this piece?"
Exceeds

Clearly states the specific goal the author has for writing this piece, with precisely written evidence from the text to support claim
Meets

States the specific goal the author has for writing this piece, with generally written evidence from the text to support claim
Approaching

States a general goal the author has for writing this piece, but evidence does not clearly support claim
Developing

Author's goal is not stated, or lacks accurate evidence
TONE/PERSPECTIVE

(Feelings & beliefs that shape an author's attitude toward the audience or topic)
Exceeds

Identify two or more words that accurately describe the tone author takes toward the audience and/or topic; provide precise evidence from text to support claims
Meets

Identify word that accurately describes the tone author takes toward the audience and/or topic; provide evidence from text to support claims
Approaching

Tone is accurately identified, but evidence from text is not accurate
Developing

No tone identified, and/or no evidence to support claim is present
RHETORICAL APPEALS

Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Exceeds

Correctly identify at least TWO types of rhetorical appeal (logos, ethos, pathos); include at least FOUR specific examples from the text to support your claims (e.g., you could show one example of ethos and three examples of pathos, or two of each)--and the support is clearly linked to the claims
Meets

Correctly identify at least ONE type of rhetorical appeal (logos, ethos, pathos), include at least TWO specific examples from the text to support your claim, with clear explanation of how the support links to the claim
Approaching

At least one type of rhetorical appeal is identified, BUT it is not supported with at least one specific example from text, and/or there is no explanation of how support links to the claim
Developing

No type of rhetorical appeal is mentioned, and/or there is no example from text to support claim




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